Compensation Payments: VAT

Part of the debate – in the House of Lords at 3:00 pm on 27 October 2003.

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Photo of Lord Saatchi Lord Saatchi Conservative 3:00, 27 October 2003

My Lords, is there not something about these cases which brings to mind the costly merry-go-round that the Government have made of the entire tax system, in which people first pay tax to the Government and then have to fill in a complicated form in order to claim a benefit or a credit from the Government?